New product launch - beosound theatre?

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NQVHNWI
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 12:20 GMT
#1651945
As far as I can collect from all the information sources, Switchable Beolabs should be set to "Free". The Theatre will judge to bass-boost response caused by walls and corners etc...against the reference

The speaker Presets:  I believe relate to the BL90/50/28 with switchable beam control. 0 to 8.

0= Auto, 1 = Narrow, 2 = Wide, 3 = Omni,  4 - 8 Future?

With no "Official" information so far from B&O, all this is my current belief.
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Millemis
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 12:33 GMT
#1651946
You should set all speakers (with such a setting option) to free.
This is how they were measured in Struer, before adding the values to the BS Theatre for the Room Sense process.

A BL2 (or any sub) should be connected with its own PL (with no daisychaining to other BL’s).….otherweise the BS Theatre will not know which values to use, when Room Sensing.

According to the BL2 manual, it should be set to 3, since it is connected seperately to the system:

“If you have a Dolby Digital system, and
therefore no speakers are directly connected to
BeoLab 2, we recommend that you set the
SETUP switch to 3”.

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beojeff
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 12:55 GMT
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beomedia
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 13:43 GMT
#1651949
Thanks guys. Makes sense regarding setting to Free which is also what I did yesterday but nice to confirm it. Well spotted for the BL2, I had missed that in the manual.
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beomedia
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 13:52 GMT
#1651950
As I am switching from BeoVision 11 I would like to create speaker groups with the BeoSound Theatre so that I can have what the old Avant used to call Speaker 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

When I look around the app I can’t find where I can deactivate speakers I can only adjust their levels etc.

When I play music I would like that only the front left and right and the subwoofer to play. How can I make such a setup? And for e.g. the news just the Theatre.

Is there really no user manual for the Theatre and app?
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 14:12 GMT
#1651951
BeoMedia,

Ive posted lots on setting up Listening Positions. My Listening positions (all from the same position) are "Video" (5.1), "Centre" (Theatre only), "Narrow" (BL90 Narrow for discerning music), "Wide" and "Omni". Suggest you review them and the room-sense runs. You can do practically the same thing with Centre, 2.0/2.1, 3.1 and 5.1
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Hereford
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 14:30 GMT
#1651952
is there no way to prevent the Theatre from hijacking the TV when playing music? i.e. when I want to listen to music on the "good" speakers while my child watches cartoons :D
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Razlaw
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 14:41 GMT
#1651953
I can do that with my 28s as fronts using them as the music source, but don’t know of any way to do it otherwise.
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Razlaw
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 14:43 GMT
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Sandyb
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Posted December 28, 2022 at 15:19 GMT
#1651956
@BeoMedia......Dont believe so - the only way of achieving your scenario is (and forgive me, I dont know what other speakers you have in the same room) is to directly connect a music source to your (lest say) front left and rights.

I have a music source direct (via RCA) to my BL50s (which are also powelink connected to my BV)....in that way I can keep the BV screen on (let's say with some sport on), switch it to a centre only speaker group (muted or low vol, up to you), and then the 50s are free to play music when I trigger my music source.

So this kind of thing is do-able, provided you have speakers with power-link and some other connection options, and you have a separate music source connected that way,

 
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